PhotonicsResearch— NSFEnablingExplorationattheFrontiers

PramodKhargonekarAssistantDirectorforEngineering

NationalScienceFoundation

PhotonicsConferenceBostonUniversityDecember3,2015

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Outline

• IntroductiontoNSF• PhotonicsRelevantNSFPrograms• ExampleProjectsinPlasmonics inEngineering• Conclusions

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Fundamental

CMMI••AdvancedManufacturing••MechanicsandEngineeringMaterials••ResilientandSustainableInfrastructure••OperationsDesignandDynamicalSystems

Translational

IIP••AcademicPartnerships••SmallBusinessPartnerships

EEC••EngineeringResearchCenters••EngineeringEducation••EngineeringWorkforce

EFRI

ECCS••Electronics,Photonics,andMagneticDevices••Communications,Circuits,andSensingSystems••Energy,Power,ControlandNetworks

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FY2016BudgetRequest

NSF§ FY2016BudgetRequest:$7723.55Million§ IncreaseoverFY2015Est:$379.34Million,+5.2%

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EarlyAcademicCareerProgram(CAREER)

• Juniorfaculty• SingleInvestigator(PI)• Careerdevelopmentplan• Onesubmission/yr.(July)• Limitedtothreesubmissions• Fiveyeargrant(Typ.$500k)

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Unsolicited

• SinglePIorMultiplePIs• CollaborativeProposalspossible• LiaisonwithIndustry(GOALI)encouraged• Mostlyonesubmissionwindow/year• TypicalAward$350-400k,3yrs

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OtherResearchPrograms• NSFEarlyConceptExploratoryResearch(EAGER)

– Seedfunding(typically9-18months)-ContactPOFirst-

• EFRI - ExploringFrontiersinResearchandInnovation)– ACQUIRE:AdvancingCommunicationQuantumInformationResearchinEngineering

– NewLAW:NewLight&AcousticWavePropagation:BreakingReciprocityandTime-ReversalSymmetry

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OtherResearchPrograms• MaterialsResearchScienceandEngineeringCenter(MRSEC)

– Severalcenterssupportingplasmonic research• Science&TechnologyCenters(STC)

– CenterforEnergyEfficientElectronicScience• EngineeringResearchCenters(ERC)

– 3activeCentersinPhotonics(MIRTHE,CIAN,SmartLighting)• LaserInterferometerGravityWave(LIGO)• PartnershipforInternationalResearchandEducation(PIRE)

– Every2years(5yeargrant)

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TranslationalResearch

• Industry/UniversityCollaborativeCenter(I/UCRC)– FreeFormOptics(CEFO,Rochester/UNCC)– Biophotonics Sensors(CBSS,BU/UCDavis)– OpticalWireless(COWA,PSU)

• I-Corps (Innovation&Entrepreneurshipmentoring)• PFI (PartnershipForInnovation)-AIR(AcceleratingInnovationResearch)or-TT(TechnologyTransfer)

• SBIR/STTR(SmallBusiness)

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NSBMeritReviewCriteria(1)

• IntellectualMerit– Creative,original– Potentiallytransformativeconcepts– Advancingknowledge– Proposer(s)qualification– Researchplanandresources

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NSBMeritCriteria(2)

• BroaderImpacts

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• Potential of the proposed activity to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcome.

• This may be accomplished through: • the research itself, • activities that are directly related to specific research

projects, • activities that are supported by, but are complementary to

the project

PhotonicsResearchEnabledbyNSF

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PhotonicsActivitiesinvolvingNSF

• U.S.NRCreports:– 1998:HarnessingLight– 2012:OpticsandPhotonics-EssentialTechnologiesforourNation

• NationalPhotonicsInitiative(NPI),ledbyacademia&industry

• 2013:NSF-wideroadmaponOptics&Photonics• 2014:FastTrackActionCommitteeonOpticsandPhotonics-identifiedkeyresearchtopics

• 2015:IntegratedPhotonicsManufacturing(AIM-Photonics)

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PhotonicsFundingatNSF

• NSFencouragesInnovative research• TopicsareCommunitydriven

• Photonicsisinherentlymultidisciplinaryandbecomingmoreglobal

• New“OP”NSF-widemetaprogramtosolicitandreviewcross-disciplinaryresearchproposals(NSF16-004)

• Internationalcollaborationisencouraged16

PhotonicsFundingatNSFbyKeyDivisions

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FY’15PhotonicDevicesFundingbyTopicinECCS

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Laser&Detector

Telecomm&PIC

Imaging,sensing

Quantum&Plasmonics

ProposalTopics

• Lasersanddetectors:– Electricallypumped,roomtemperaturenanolasers– 2Dmaterialsforlightemission(eg.MoS2,MoSe2)

• 2-DAREEFRIsolicitation– DeepUVtoTHz– Tunable,ultrafast&frequencycombs

• Communications:– Photonicintegration– Singlephotonsources,detectors,repeaters,quantumonachip

• QuantumCommunicationSystemsEFRIsolicitation(AQUIRE)– Tbps,Space-divisionmultiplexing

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ProposalTopics

• SolarCells– Multijunction,Novelmaterials

• Biophotonics– Optogenetics– Brainimaging

• Imaging&Sensing:– Spectroscopyattheatomiclevel– Nano-optomechanics– Sensorsonachip

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ProposalTopics

• Plasmonics &Metamaterials:– Lowlossplasmonic materials– Efficient,broadbandengineeredmaterials– Topologicalinsulators

• EFRIProgram:NewLightandAcousticWavePropagation:BreakingReciprocityandTime-ReversalSymmetry(NewLAW)

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Plasmonic Topicscurrentlyfunded

• Trade-offsinheatdissipationandopticalperformanceatplasmonic interfaces

• Plasmonic slitsforsubwavelengthsize,integrateddevices,suchasopticalmodulators

• Plasmonic transparentelectrodes(forPV,other…)

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HighlightsofRecentResearchAwards

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2015AlanWatermanAward

• Awardee:AndreaAlù– CloakingandInvisibility– Nonperiodicmetasurfaces

– Metamaterialdevicesandcomponents(circulators)

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GeneticallyEncodedLightSourcesforNon-InvasiveOptogenetics

• Utilizeproteinengineeringtobothimprovelightoutputandextendtheemissionspectrumoftheluciferasebyoptimizingintramolecularbioluminescenceresonanceenergytransfer(BRET).

• Realizationoflight-drivengeneticallytargetedneuronalactivationandsilencing

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CBET– 1450216,UteOchgeschwender (Duke)

Real-timeTunablePlasmonic Nanolasing

DMR-1306514,TeriW.Odom(Northwestern)

Quantumdotscoupledtoplasmonic nanostructuresforlowphotonquantumcircuits

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ECCS-1508897– EdoWaks (Maryland)

Theorypredictsthatwhenaquantumemitterisplacedinthehighfieldregionofaplasmonic nanostructurethetwosystemscanhybridize.Hybridizationbetweensinglequantumemittersandplasmons hasyettobedemonstratedbecausequantumemittersusuallyexhibitrapiddipoledephasingduetophononscatteringandspectralwandering.ThePIisusingindiumarsenide(InAs)quantumdotsinanefforttoobtainnanoscalenonlinearphotonicdeviceswithultra-lowenergydissipation,andcompactquantumcircuits.

FullColorPlasmonic Displays

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ECCS-1509729– Debashis Chanda(UniversityofCentralFlorida)

ThePIisdevelopinganangleindependentreflectivemetasurface withliquidcrystals(LC)toachievedynamiccolortuningpixels.Thedevicewillindependentlytunecolorandgrey-scalewithinasingularLCcellthroughnovelLCopticsdesignandmultipleelectrodes.Theprojectwillleadtolargeareaskin-likefullcolordisplayelements.

Plasmonic nano-antennasforenhancedopticalforces

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ECCS- 1408139ErtugrulCubukcu(UniversityofPennsylvania)

Theintegrationofmetallicnanoparticleswithmicro-electro-mechanicalsystemsemploystheplasmonic resonancesinthesenano-antennaearisingfromtheoscillationsoftheconductionelectronsinmetals,makingmicromechanicalresonatorsopticallyresponsive.Theresearchwillresultinuniqueopto-electro-mechanicalsensors.

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